Ancient Judea Geography

The kingdom of Judea has always been the center of attention due to its geographical location and fertile lands. In 586 BCE Babylon king conquered Judah. In 538 BCE, Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered the region. He was admired by common people kind acts concerning citizens of Judea. He ordered the exiled Jews to return from Babylon to their homeland. Also, Jewish temple was rebuilt. In 332 BCE, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire, gained control over Judea. But after his death, Hellenistic empire divided three parts. Under the competing Greek rulers, Judea suffered a lot, temples were desecrated as to impose Greek culture. This provoked Maccabean Revolt (166 B.C.E) to end Greek rule. Jews took control of Jerusalem. Following the victories, the Seleucids restored autonomy to Judea, the Land of Israel, Jewish independence was again achieved, the kingdom regained boundaries, Jewish life flourished and all lasted about 80 years.

Over the long period of time, The Romans expanded from the political unit
into an empire covering the ancient Mediterranean world even though there was considerable opposition to Roman power The New Empire found themselves western super power. The expansion was economically as well as military based. It grew out of a number of different dynamics not only through invasion, conquest but also through invitation, gradually taking over more and more territories. However, mismanagement of some western Spanish provinces leads to two decades long revolts. During 147 - 30BC known as Late republic Jugurthine war between Rome and Jugurtha transformed Rome into an Empire. The rapid expansion huge influx of slave labor opened an opportunity for corruption, especially in new provinces the disorder of a social class lead Rome into the distinct new era. And the outnumbered slaves in 134 B.C.E. started a rebellion in Sicily. The extensive campaigning abroad by Roman generals and the rewarding of soldiers led to a general trend of soldiers becoming increasingly loyal to their generals. Also, slave uprisings during this period, in part because the vast amount of land had been given over to slave farming in which the slaves greatly outnumbered their Roman masters. Geographical location of two nations is a mountainous region, green but land unlike Rome Judea considered a desert.
Having to access Mediterrain Sea both nations economically well developed. Ancient records agriculture and sheep farming being practiced in that area. Civil war tore Judea in two but later again Pompey the great take over the land and assigned client king. The political system of Rome was monarchy like a political system of Judea. But it was overthrown in 509 B.C.E. There was a great emphasis on social status in Rome, Even though later plebeians gained the right to vote. The political system of Rome was one reason to the greatness of Rome compared to the monarchy in Judea which lead to civil war and division of the state. Roman life revolved around the city of Rome its theaters, gymnasiums. Romans also famous for its architecture. In another hand, the temple of Judea was one of the famous landmarks of
Judea.